ODI Descending Draft

[CricAddict]

Just out of interest, did anyone consider that well known Papua New Guinean wicket-keeper Geraint Jones?

Didn't consider him since I already had Flower but I did consider Dirk Nannes and Roelof Van Der Merwe. In the end, went for Simi Singh since he has done better than both of them for a longer time in ODIs.

 

[JOJOXI]

Player	Team	Caps	Pre-1995	Non top-9
mr_mister	Aravinda de Silva, Waqar Younis, Herschelle Gibbs, Jonty Rhodes, Lasith Malinga, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shikhar Dhawan, Joel Garner, Murray Goodwin, Dave Houghton, Sean Ervine		4/5	3/3
CricAddict	Brian Lara, Virat Kohli, Saeed Anwar, Andy Flower, Curtly Ambrose, Mitchell Starc. Jonny Bairstow, Greg Chappell, Shadab Khan, Hamid Hasan, Simi Singh		5/5	3/3
JOJOXI	Muttiah Muralitharan, Viv Richards, Ravi Jadeja, Dean Jones, Paul Stirling, Quinton de Kock, Dale Steyn, Ben Stokes, Boyd Rankin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Garfield Sobers		4/5	3/3
Pothas	Shaun Pollock, AB de Villiers, Carl Hooper, Shane Watson, Hashim Amla, Joe Root, Sikandar Raza, Trent Boult, Andy Roberts, Mark Watt, Kevin Curran		3/5	3/3
Line & Length	Sachin Tendulkar, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis, Chaminda Vaas, Chris Gayle, Kapil Dev, Lance Klusener, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Josh Hazlewood, Regis Chakabva		3/5	3/3
kingkallis	Adam Gilchrist, Abdul Razzaq, Mark Waugh, Ross Taylor, Shane Warne, Allan Donald, Faf du Plessis, Thomas Odoyo, Craig Ervine, Jasprit Bumrah, Gavin Hamilton		3/5	3/3
Hookshot	Glenn McGrath, Rohit Sharma, Shakib Al Hasan, Heath Streak, Kane Williamson, Mitchell Johnson, Tatenda Taibu, Martin Crowe, Steve Smith, Shane Bond, Neil Johnson		3/5	3/3
trundler	Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Graeme Smith, Michael Hussey, Shoaib Akhtar, Sean Williams, Michael Holding, Graeme Cremer, Mohammad Shahzad, Pat Patterson		3/5	3/3
honestbharani	Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Shahid Afridi, Virender Sehwag, Brett Lee, Zaheer Khan, Kevin O'Brien, Malcolm Marshall, Babar Azam, Samiullah Shenwari, Andy Blignaut		2/5	3/3
Teuton	Wasim Akram, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Yuvraj Singh, Brendan McCullum, Michael Clarke, Brendan Taylor, Jos Buttler, Richard Hadlee, Paul Strang, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan ten Doeschate		3/5	3/3
Bitmap	MS Dhoni, Eoin Morgan, Desmond Haynes, Javed Miandad, Grant Flower, Imran Khan, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Tikolo, Nathan Bracken, Imran Tahir, Dennis Lillee		5/5	3/3

 

[CricAddict]

Good way to say that we have all been so bold in our picks.

 

[JOJOXI]

JOJOXI

Paul Stirling
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Dean Jones
Viv Richards
Garfield Sobers (5)
Ben Stokes (c) (7)
Ravindra Jadeja (4)
Dale Steyn (2)
Boyd Rankin (3)
Muttiah Muralitharan (6)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman (1)


Ideally would have wanted a bit more depth in the pace attack although I do think spin is a huge factor in limited overs matches, more so than Tests. In Mujeeb have someone who is comfortable opening the bowling and boasts an economy of 5.6 or under v all nations apart from Australia. Similarly Boyd Rankin goes at 5.03 an over v top 9 nations. Steyn a quality bowler, Jadeja an expert at keeping the runs down (economy under 5 in this era of ODIs!). Muralitharan despite being the 6th bowler will bowl all 10 overs but will be used primarily in the 2nd half of the innings as teams try to accelerate their innings. Sobers and Stokes provide plenty of quality bowling options to choose between as well with Stirling and Viv backup bowling options too. Very happy with the batting, could probably have a bit more batting at number 8 but happy with the top 7.

 

[JOJOXI]

I will post a voting thread over the weekend, probably Saturday night UK time - will post a link here when I have made the voting thread.

Please post your team in batting order here if you have not done so already.

Thanks all for participating and making this a smooth draft.

 

[JOJOXI]

In terms of players not someone really considered as I wanted Viv but rate Ranatunga highly. Lloyd was someone I did seriously consider. Hogg briefly considered. Zaheer Abbas not being picked up a surprise as well in retrospect!

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah, was super focused on the pre95 rule, kept a spot for Zaheer Abbas as I noticed everyone had pretty much shored up their batting first. But ****ed up by picking 8 non minnow players up front

 

[Line and Length]

JOJOXI

Paul Stirling
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Dean Jones
Viv Richards
Garfield Sobers (5)
Ben Stokes (c) (7)
Ravindra Jadeja (4)
Dale Steyn (2)
Boyd Rankin (3)
Muttiah Muralitharan (6)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman (1)


Ideally would have wanted a bit more depth in the pace attack although I do think spin is a huge factor in limited overs matches, more so than Tests. In Mujeeb have someone who is comfortable opening the bowling and boasts an economy of 5.6 or under v all nations apart from Australia. Similarly Boyd Rankin goes at 5.03 an over v top 9 nations. Steyn a quality bowler, Jadeja an expert at keeping the runs down (economy under 5 in this era of ODIs!). Muralitharan despite being the 6th bowler will bowl all 10 overs but will be used primarily in the 2nd half of the innings as teams try to accelerate their innings. Sobers and Stokes provide plenty of quality bowling options to choose between as well with Stirling and Viv backup bowling options too. Very happy with the batting, could probably have a bit more batting at number 8 but happy with the top 7.

Sobers is an interesting selection. A gather it was based on reputation and Test performances rather than his effort in his only ODI appearance (a duck and 1 for 31). His economy rate was pretty good in that match.

 

[honestbharani]

Never been a fan of the Sobers cheat code in ODI drafts.

 

[HookShot]

01. Paul Stirling
02. Quinton de Kock (wk)
03. Dean Jones
04. Viv Richards
05. Garfield Sobers (5)
06. Ben Stokes (c) (7)
07. Ravindra Jadeja (4)
08. Dale Steyn (2)
09. Boyd Rankin (3)
10. Muttiah Muralitharan (6)
11. Mujeeb Ur Rahman (1)


01. Shikhar Dhawan
02. Herschelle Gibbs
03. Murray Goodwin
04. Aravinda De Silva 6
05. Jonty Rhodes
06. Dave Houghton+
07. Sean Ervine 5
08. Saqlain Mushtaq 4
09. Waqar Younis 1
10. Lasith Malinga 3
11. Joel Garner 2


01. Brian Lara
02. Saeed Anwar
03. Virat Kohli
04. Greg Chappell 6
05. Andy Flower
06. Jonny Bairstow (wk)
07. Shadab Khan 4
08. Simi Singh 5
09. Mitchell Starc 2
10. Hamid Hassan 3
11. Curtly Ambrose 1


01. Shane Watson
02. Hashim Amla
03. Joe Root
04. AB de Villiers (*+)
05. Carl Hooper
06. Sikander Raza
07. Kevin Curran
08. Shaun Pollock
09. Mark Watt
10. Andy Roberts
11. Trent Boult


01. Sachin Tendulkar (c) /o
02. Chris Gayle /o
03. Jacques Kallis /o
04. Mahela Jayawardene /
05. Kapil Dev /o
06. Mohammad Nabi /o
07. Lance Klusener /o
08. Regis Chakabva (wk) /
09. Rashid Khan o/
10, Chaminder Vaas o
11. Josh Hazlewood o


01. Mark Waugh / o
02. Adam Gilchrist / +
03. Faf du Plessis / (c)
04. Craig Ervine /
05. Ross Taylor /
06. Gavin Hamilton / o
07. Abdul Razzaq / o
08. Thomas Odoyo o /
09. Shane Warne o /
10. Jasprit Bumrah o
11. Allan Donald o


01. Rohit Sharma
02. Neil Johnson
03. Kane Williamson
04. Martin Crowe
05. Steve Smith
06. Shakib Al Hasan
07. Tatenda Taibu +
08. Heath Streak (c)
09. Mitchell Johnson
10. Shane Bond
11. Glenn McGrath


01. Sanath Jayasuriya
02. Virender SehWAG (vc)
03. Kumar Sangakkara (wk) (c)
04. Babar Azam
05. Kevin O'Brien
06. Andy Blignaut
07. Shahid Afridi
08. Samiullah Shenwari
09. Malcolm Marshall
10. Brett Lee
11. Zaheer Khan


01. Graeme Smith
02. Mohammad Shahzad+
03. Ricky Ponting
04. Michael Bevan
05. Andrew Symonds 5
06. Michael Hussey
07. Sean Williams 6
08. Graeme Cremer 4
09. Michael Holding 1
10. Patrick Patterson 3
11. Shoaib Akhtar 1


01. Tillakaratne Dilshan
02. Brendon McCullum c
03. Brendan Taylor
04. Michael Clarke
05. Yuvraj Singh
06. Jos Buttler wk
07. Ryan ten Doeschate
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Wasim Akram
10. Paul Strang
11. Kagiso Rabad


01. Desmond Haynes
02. Grant Flower
03. Steve Tikolo
04. Javed Miandad
05. Eoin Morgan
06. MS Dhoni + c
07. Andrew Flintoff
08. Imran Khan
09. Dennis Lillee
10. Nathan Bracken
11. Imran Tahir


01. Sourav Ganguly 1
02. David Warner
03. Zaheer Abbas 2
04. Richie Berrington a
05. Steve Waugh 3
06. Clive Lloyd (c) 4
07. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) b
08. George Dockrell c
09. Brad Hogg
10. Darren Gough 5
11. Makhaya Ntini

 

[mr_mister]

Any plans for another year of these with different criteria? I love the strategy involved with the pick order

 

[JOJOXI]

Any plans for another year of these with different criteria? I love the strategy involved with the pick order

Not immediately but perhaps - I did consider doing a T20 version of this so might do that at some point. Maybe a chronology Test draft with an added proviso of max 500 Tests in the XI (plucking a number out the air) but yeah nothing planned in immediate future.


Thanks Hookshot - made finding each teams XI much easier




Voting thread is up - here is the link - http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/odi-descending-draft-voting-thread.89879/